Federal prosecutors have mysteriously dropped charges against an alleged drug trafficker from Houston who was accused of ordering the kidnapping of the wife of another man who was also in the business and owed him money.

It seems certain that La Tonya King was indeed snatched in September 2011 when her Toyota sedan was rear-ended and her attackers came at her with pepper spray, handcuffs and duct tape.

A thorough FBI affidavit (posted below) describes how she was stuffed in a vehicle and driven to Texas, where she was ultimately released in Beaumont.

The case took a rare twist when Sean King called the FBI and asked for help getting her back.

What remains unknown, is why the charge was dropped. The FBI referred questions to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. That office has not yet returned request for comment.

The twist is that Diego “Cheeks” Guerrero, who was originally accused of orchestrating the attack, still faces drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas – and prosecutors appear to still be going ahead with those charges.

Guerrero’s trial date was recently pushed back.

Guerrero, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was deported from the United States in 2010.

Guerrero and Sean King “were involved in several drug trafficking interactions,” FBI agent Christopher Petrowski has previously said. “They had met on several occasions for drug trafficking interactions, to move narcotics.”

Authorities in Mississippi have repeatedly declined to comment on the case and say all files related to it have been sealed. Others were implicated in the kidnapping, but so far only Guerrero’s name has been made public.

La Tonya King was apparently released unharmed after Guerrero agreed to allow her husband to make installment payments.